Culture
May 2010 Issue

Dennis Hopper’s World in Photos

Dennis Hopper was known primarily as an actor and director, but he was also an accomplished photographer, not to mention a painter and sculptor. These pictures by and of the late star, mainly from the 1960s, offer proof of his exceptional eye and enigmatic genius. Related: Dennis Hopper on the Selma March. Images from Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967.
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A portrait of Dennis Hopper by Terry Richardson.
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    A portrait of Dennis Hopper by Terry Richardson.

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    This photograph and the following were taken by Dennis Hopper.

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    Bruce Conner (in the bathtub), Toni Basil, Teri Garr, and Ann Marshall, 1965.

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    A biker couple, 1961.

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    Martin Luther King Jr., 1965.

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    Robert Fraser in Tijuana, Mexico, 1965.

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    Bikers, 1967.

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    Jasper Johns (a detail of a contact sheet), 1964.

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    Jane Fonda in Malibu, California, 1965.

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    Paul Newman, 1964.

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    Hopper on the set of Rebel Without a Cause, 1955.